Light sufferings give us leisure to complain.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

Rogerson, " I asked him sweetly as we sat watching a video in the pool house, "where would I find the pelagic zone?""In the open sea, " he said. "Now shut up and eat your Junior Mints.

Give me passion -- and compassion -- any day.

In America, everybody thinks they're an entrepreneur. That's the problem. It's not a title that anybody should call oneself.

Everybody is trying to be so trendy. I think not being trendy should be the next trend.

Look at lots of exhibitions and books, and don't get hung up on cameras and technical things. Photography is about images.

Where you stand should not depend on where you sit.

[The rumor that Leonardo DiCaprio on set was raped by a bear] was as silly as Lady Gaga bumping him or moving his arm out of the way [at the Golden Globes]. People straight be bored.

When your mind is preoccupied, your impulses—not your long-term goals—will guide your choices.

Forgiving other people who have wronged us or hurt us or embarrassed us is not easy. In fact, sometimes it seems impossible. But that is what God did for us and what He asks us to do for others.

I think it's very hard to reconcile oneself to the notion that it may not matter what you think if you still want to write.